Just as the nation’s number of active oil and gas rigs has been declining over the past few months, Oklahoma is joining the movement. The nation’s count dropped by 8 to 539 rigs. The latest Baker Hughes rig count, released on Thursday, showed the number of active rigs pursuing new oil and gas resources …
A widow’s challenge of a Coal County District Judge’s decision in the Dec.. 18, 2014 natural gas rig fire and explosion that killed three men lost her appeal to the Oklahoma State Court of Civil Appeals. In a ruling by Judges Jane P. Wiseman, John F. Fische and Gregory C. Blackwell, the judges …
NextEra Energy Resources isn’t giving up the fight to locate a 5,000-acre solar farm in northeast Oklahoma’s Wagoner County near the town of Porter. The company, using the name of its proposed solar farm, Persica Solar, LLC, filed a challenge of the Wagoner County Commission’s late June vote of 3-0 to deny a conditional …
Some changes are coming in Oklahoma’s plans for the future when it comes to road and bridge improvements. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission meets Monday and one of the items before members will be the approval of the new edition of the County Improvements for Roads and Bridges 5-year Construction Work Plan. In 2024, …
Thursday, the last trading day before the July 4th holiday in the U.S. brought a slight decline in crude oil prices and it was largely blamed on concerns that U.S. tariffs might slow energy demand. The President’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs comes to an end on July 9 and some large trading partners, …
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy is unabashed in his declaration that the oil in Alaska is the country’s national security security. Saying it’s a “new day” with President Trump in the White House, the governor proclaimed his state, with proven reserves of 3.4 billion barrels of oil and 125 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, …
